FC: Followup to Audiophiles. RIAA, and electronic merchandisers

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Sameer Parekh <sameer () bpm ai>
Subject: Re: FC: Audiophiles find Washington ally in electronic merchandisers
In-Reply-To: <20011218110509.B26035 () cluebot com> from Declan McCullagh at "Dec 18, 2001 11: 5: 9 am"
To: declan () well com
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:10:46 -0800 (PST)
Cc: politech () politechbot com

>    Industry Association of America (RIAA), have so far blocked digital
>    outputs on high-resolution audio players, insisted that watermarks be
>    inserted into both high- and low-resolution audio data, and have even
>    started to restrict consumer's fair use of compact discs and digital
>    downloads.

        When did this happen? All the digital audio gear I've ever looked at
recently has a digital out. Who would buy a piece of digital gear without
a digital out?

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